I left Corporate America four years ago to be a stay-at-home mom. It is the most rewarding, fulfilling, and frustrating job I’ve ever had.
I started a blog because I have a serious lack of adult interaction. This is a great way to get my thoughts out, and practice talking to people who are older than age four. Please enjoy my rantings about the life of a stay-at-home mom.
And remember, everyone looks better with a few shades of crazy on their faces.

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Friday, April 03, 2009

I've tried so hard to make sure my kids don't use bad words. Two words I despise are "hate" and "stupid". It is difficult to keep them from these words since they pop up frequently on children's shows.

And there are still times when I'm not thinking. The other day when Eli came in to tell me, "Mama! Mama! Mama! They said the 's' word on SpongeBob!"

I was shocked! "They said what?"

Eli: "The 's' word! They said the 's' word!"

I was thinking that surely they wouldn't say that word on SpongeBob. So I finally asked Eli, "Honey, did they say 'shit' on SpongeBob?"

Yup, we don't encourage the use of those words at our home either but it's hard when other kids say it. Shut up is one of my peeves. I can't stand to hear someone say that. It's a "bad word" at our house.

Why did the chicken cross the playground? to get to the other slide, of course... lol! (my 9 year old taught me that one).

It's a real conundrum: TV versus morality/manners... you don't want to force your kids to NOT watch Nick, since everyone else does... but somehow you want to be sure they don't decide that Squidward is a role model.

I'm thinking they'll figure it out, though, from the little things you do as a role model. It's like they say, the power of small can make all the difference!

I don't like "stupid" either, but after hearing some of the things the other kids say I'm happy with just "stupid"... The 4-year-old son of an aquaintance once told me to shut the f*** up. I couldn't believe it!

Hilarious! I gave birth to #2 five months ago. We were having our "celebration dinner" with our 16 month old and I said, "Oh Shit." Not a second later, she was running around the postpartum room saying "oh shit, oh shit, oh shit." At least you lasted longer!!

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P.S. Your story was hilarious... when I was little girl, the "S" word in my house was STUPID too. No one was allowed to say it.

I was not happy when I heard the word "stupid" on Spongebob. I don't allow either of my sons to use that word and I don't allow my students to use that word in school. As far as teaching a new word, I would have thought it was "s*it" too. Lol

LOL, Oh my goodness! That is funny in a way. I am expecting my first and my husband and I have already talked about "stupid" and "hate.' They will not be used and I am trying myself now not to use them! Good Luck!

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Your post is very good and I agree with you that children should not use these bad words because when ever children use these words with elder so we feel very shame and it seems to bad in front of any other person.Thank you for sharing with us such a nice post.